Bourton-on-the-Water: The Venice of the Cotswolds

This week's outdoor outing was to a village that's been on my local travel list since last year: Bourton-on-the-Water. I'd say it's one of the top three most picturesque villages in the Cotswolds, along with Bibury and Castle Combe. As I've already blogged about Bibury (twice actually!) and Castle Combe, it seemed only right to complete the set by blogging about Bourton-on-the-Water. I've actually been there before several times in the past, but not for many years, so I almost felt like I was discovering a new place on this trip.

As the title of this post makes clear, Bourton-on-the-Water is known as the Venice of the Cotswolds. This is due to the fact that it is built over water (in this case, the River Windrush) and has several bridges dating back hundreds of years.

At one point I was standing on one of the bridges and got dive-bombed by ducks, which potentially could have been disastrous! Luckily I didn't fall into the river, and it made for a funny photo!

Bourton-on-the-Water has a few interesting museums, including the Model Village, a miniature recreation of the village. There's also a motoring museum, which is home to Brum, from the TV series of the same name! It's closed at the moment, but you can see an interesting grass-covered old car just outside.

Overall, the whole village has a very quaint, retro vibe, and is a great place to walk around.

I even noticed a small reminder of Chile while we were wandering about!

It was lovely to explore this very pretty part of the world, and then to sit outside of one of its many cafés, in the sun with a coffee. I'm really enjoying these little escapes that I'm going on with my parents every week or so; it's a great way to forget about the worries caused by Covid and life in general for a little while. 

Next week, we plan to go on another mini adventure - not quite sure where yet, but I'll be sure to write about it here shortly afterwards!